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 [![github CI](https://github.com/pdb-redo/libcifpp/actions/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pdb-redo/libcifpp/actions)
-[![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/:user/:repo)](https://github.com/pdb-redo/libcifpp/LICENSE)
+[![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/pdb-redo/libcifpp)](https://github.com/pdb-redo/libcifpp/LICENSE)
 
 
 # libcifpp